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Linux Desktop Without X11
A writes "Rocklyte systems have announced the first version of their Athene Operating System. It is a desktop and embedded operating system built on the Linux kernel, but without the "aging X11". Instead, it uses the SciTech SNAP graphics system with which it is possible to completely re-theme the desktop to look like the famous AmigaOS GUI or another famous UI. For backwards compatibility, an X11 server is also available in the system. The system can run completely off the CD, without needing to be installed on the harddrive."
X11 is an albatross most of the time. Very few make use of it, it's bloat to everyone else. It's showing its age.
I've long believed it needs to be removed from the nuts-n-bolts for something smaller and faster. Let X11 support be a strap-on application for those who need it, like it is for OSX.
Linux users like strap ons almost as much as Apple fanatics.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
There are no .iso mirrors. It is a commerical operating system. The current price is $40.
God, why is it the majority of Linux users are whining thieving babies who want everything for free? Wake up to the real world, where nothing is free. Not sex, not food, not clothing, and most certainly not operating systems. For operating systems, you either spend money, or your spend time, or in most cases a combination of both. But it *does* cost you.
I'm sure this will come across as a troll, but I'm just sick and tired of reading all these whiny little freeloader babies crying whenever something isn't free as in money, and just go steal it anyway.
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde
haha ok fuckstick.
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So how do you make X NOT slow.. no window manager?
Ya, that's a fucking great idea.
"wooo, my linux is so fast
"Does it do anything?"
"look at my neato xterm"
dipshit